Russia and the Soviet Union : A Historical Introduction from the Kievan State to the Present
John M. Thompson
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New York : : Westview Press, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (574 p.)
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| Utgave | 7th ed.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1: ANCIENT RUSSIA AND THE KIEVAN STATE; The Russian Land; The Peoples of Russia; The Slavs Come to Russia; The Formation of the Kievan State; How Did Kievan Russians Make a Living?; Kievan Society; Religion and Culture in Kievan Russia; Power and Politics in Kievan Russia; The Fall and Significance of Kievan Russia; Further Reading; Chapter 2: RUSSIA DIVIDED AND CONQUERED, 1054-1462; Russia Divided; The Mongol Scourge; The Impact of the Mongols; The Decline of Mongol Power; Conclusion; Further Reading. - Chapter 11: REVOLUTION, CIVIL WAR, AND THE FOUNDING OF SOVIET SOCIETY, 1917-1928The February Revolution: The Collapse of the Tsarist System; The Bolsheviks Come to Power; Civil War and Foreign Intervention, 1918-1921; The New Economic Policy and Coexistence, 1921-1928; The Struggle for Power; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 12: THE SECOND REVOLUTION, THE STALINIST SYSTEM, AND WORLD WAR II, 1928-1946; The Revolution from Above: Industrialization and Collectivization; The Stalinist System; Soviet Culture, 1917-1953; Stalin and the World, 1928-1946; Conclusion; Further Reading. - Chapter 13: THE SOVIET UNION AS A SUPERPOWER: CHANGE, STAGNATION, AND "COLD WAR," 1946-1984. - Chapter 3: MOSCOW AND THE "GATHERING OF THE RUSSIAN LANDS," 1328-1533The Odds Against Moscow; Moscow's Advantages; The Unification of Russia, 1328-1533; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 4: IVAN THE TERRIBLE AND THE TIME OF TROUBLES, 1533-1618; The Personality and Character of Ivan the Terrible; The Reforms of Ivan IV; Ivan Versus the Aristocracy; The Time of Troubles, 1598-1613; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 5: THE MOLDING OF RUSSIAN SOCIETY, 1613-1689; Serfdom; The Autocracy; The Orthodox Church; The Expansion of Russia; Relations with the West; Conclusion; Further Reading. - Chapter 6: PETER THE GREAT AND WESTERNIZATION, 1689-1725Peter's Coming of Age; Peter's Personality and Character; Peter in War and Diplomacy; Peter's Reforms; Resistance to Peter; Significance of Peter the Great; Further Reading; Chapter 7: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY, 1725-1801; Peter's Successors, 1725-1762; Catherine the Great, 1762-1796; Russian Expansion and Colonization; Economic and Social Development; The Changing Role of the Nobility; Education and Culture; The Reign of Paul I, 1796-1801; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 8: POWER, BACKWARDNESS, AND CREATIVITY, 1801-1855. - The Serf EconomyRussia Unchanged; Creativity and Dissent; Russia: Arbiter of Europe, Colonizer of Asia and America; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 9: REFORM, REACTION, AND MODERNIZATION, 1855-1904; The Era of the Great Reforms, 1855-1881; Terror and Reaction; Economic and Social Modernization, 1861-1905; Competing Ideologies; Conclusion; Further Reading; Chapter 10: REVOLUTION, REFORM, AND WAR, 1904-1917; The Revolution of 1905; The Duma Period, 1906-1914; The Silver Age: Russian Culture, 1890-1917; Russian Involvement in World War I, 1914-1917; Conclusion; Further Reading. - This balanced and succinct account of Russian and Soviet history covers from the first Kievan states to the present day.
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| ISBN | 9780813346960
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